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Registered aircraft · FAA record as of October 23, 2026Aeronca 0-58B
N46857 is an Aeronca 0-58B, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1943. It has 2 seats. It is registered to an individual in Bristol, Connecticut. The registration is valid: it was issued on November 30, 2022 and expires on November 30, 2029. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate.
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Aircraft
- Maker
- Aeronca
- Model
- 0-58B · all 0-58Bs and related versions
- Serial number
- 058B8493
- Type
- Fixed-wing, single engineFAA type of aircraft code 4 (the FAA's broad category for the airframe). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Power
- Piston (reciprocating)FAA type of engine code 1 (what powers it, as the FAA classes engines). Every aircraft with this code · All codes, 1 motor · Cont Motor A&C65 SERIES · 65 hp
- Seats
- 2
- Year built
- 1943
- Cruising speed
- 71 mph
- Transponder code
- A5BA7A (octal 51335172)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Certificate issued
- November 30, 2022
- Expires
- November 30, 2029
- Last FAA action
- September 15, 2023
- Airworthiness
- StandardFAA airworthiness class code 1 (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- FAA region
- New EnglandFAA region code E (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
- FAA record id
- 00633344
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Thomas Robert B
- Type
- IndividualFAA type of owner code 1 (who holds the registration: a person, a company, a trust or a government body). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Address
- 29 Hardwick Rd
Bristol, CT 06010-5420
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Documents on file 0
No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.
Connections how N46857 links to the rest of the register
- Continental A65 / C65 series 7,967 aircraft with this engine series · 65 hp
- Bristol, CT 20 aircraft registered in this town
- Connecticut 1,607 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/aircraft/N46857.json.
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The public federal record on N46857, read the way a buyer, lender or insurer reads it: FAA registration, prior tail numbers keyed on the serial number, reuse of the tail number, recent registry filings, and the NTSB accident record under this and every earlier registration.
Valid registration to Thomas Robert B, an individual, certificate issued November 30, 2022, expires November 30, 2029. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Standard certificate; the FAA file gives no certificate date. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 058B8493 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N46857 according to the deregistered file. [2]
No bills of sale, loans or releases have reached the registry in recent weeks. The index covers only recent filings; older liens are in the records file. [3]
1 NTSB record under N46857: Accident on May 29, 2010 at Jefferson, TX: minor injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [4]
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NTSB records 1
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Aeronca 0-58B · operated under 091
The pilot's failure to maintain control of the airplane on during initial climb.
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
- FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of October 23, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of October 23, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of October 23, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL), records through September 30, 2026. data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search
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Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, October 23, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data